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B. FUCHS CLUSTER SETTING FOR GEMS.

No. 505,218. Patented Sept. 19, 1893.

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RUDOLPH FUCHS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLUSTER-SETTING FOR GEMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,218, datedSeptember 19, 1893.

Application filed April 11, 1893. SeI'ia1N0- 1 d /L) To all whom it mayconcern.-

Beit known that I, RUDOLPH FUoHs, a resident of New York, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCluster-Settings for Gems, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in an improved cluster setting for gems, oneobject being to provide a setting of the above class which may so holdthe gems that they Will have an extended surface presented to the lightwhereby their brilliancy will be greatly increased.

Another object is to provide a cluster setting which will be very simplein construction, yet strong and durable and capable of holding the gemsfirmly in position.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a top plan view of thesetting. Fig. 2 represents a bottom view of the same. Fig. 3 isavertical section through the setting on the line 00, w of Fig. 1. Fig.4 is a vertical section through the setting on the line y, y in Fig. 1,and Fig. 5 is a top plan View of a modified form of setting.

The setting as a whole is designated by A and is shown as of ring formand may be round, oval as shown in Fig. 5, or any other desired shape.

The openings in which the gems are set are formed by projections aextending outwardly from the ring portion of the setting anddisconnected with one another save at the ring portion from which theyemanate, each of the said projections a being provided with twodiverging branches a, o The branch to of one projection extends a shortdistance toward the branch a of the adjoining projec tion, and the twoprojections and the two branches a, a form the walls of one of theopenings. Eachof the projections a is cut away along its bottom, asshown at a the said cut-away portion extending along the bottom of thering portion to its inner Wall. By this means the setting is materiallylightened in weight and yet remains of the desired strength.

The setting may be made to accommodate any number of gems required byenlarging the ring portion and increasing the number of projections athereon, and it may be made to accommodate stones of a greater orlesserdiameter by forming a lesser or greater number of projections upon thering portion.

To set the stones, they are placed in the openings between theprojections a and the branches ct, a are forced inward so as to tightlypress against the stones and hold them in position. As thus arranged, itwill be seen that the stones present a large part of their surfaces tothe light and they are therefore more brilliant than when less of theirsurfaces are exposed.

The setting may be made of any desired shape and size without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself strictly to the construction and arrangement herein set forth,but

\Vhat I claim is The cluster setting for gems, comprising a ringportion, a plurality of projections extending outwardly from the ringportion and disconnected with one another save at the ring portion fromwhich they emanate, said projections having branches at their outerends, which together with the projections serve to form the outer andside walls of the gem opening, substantially as set forth.

RUDOLPH FUCHS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, F. HOWARD TITLAR.

